European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Look for a Miracle North South vulnerable. West deals. North q 10 9 6 9 a a j 3 0 a 5 a 5 4 West East 443 8 2765 91091 okqj98732010 k a a 10973 South a k j 7 5 9 a 4 2064 8 6 2 the bidding West North East South 4 0 dbl pus s pass 6 4 pass pass Pas opening Lead King of 0 sometimes you need the gods of Hance to mile on you if you Are to bring Home a contract. If you do no risk an exorbitant loss by doing so play for the one possibility that will allow you to get Home no matter How s Diamond preempt worked in a sense. It drove North South Toa terrible slam. Unfortunately the cards Lay in such a Way that Declarer thanks to Good card Reading was Able to land the led the King of diamonds and Declarer was not thrilled with his prospects. The Mirror distribution of the minor suits made it seem there were two unavoidable losers inthe minors either two clubs or a club and a Diamond. But Superb Dummy play technique resulted Inone of those losers vanishing into thin won the opening Dia mond Lead and Drew Trumps in two rounds. Next came two rounds of hearts and when West followed Success was staring Declarer in the face. If West had started with eight diamonds As was Likely from the High preempt the contract was Lay Down. With 12 cards probably known. West could not hold More than one the fourth heart Declarer made a crucial discard a club Nota Diamond. He then cashed the Ace of clubs before exiting with a Dia mond. West won a totally unexpected trick but did not relish having the Lead. With nothing left but Dia monds the defender was forced to yield a Ruff stuff to Declarer allow ing the losing club to be discarded from hand while Dummy trumped. Q. As South vulnerable you hold 474 99862 oakj3 4q84the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 dbl 7what action do you take 10 Points you have enough to redouble. However what do you intend doing if your left hand opponent bids two clubs or two hearts and that gets passed Backoo you to avoid that dilemma bid one no Trump now which shows Good balanced hand exactly what you have. Q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 4k95 9762 0842 4aq93partner opens the bidding with one Spade. What do you respond? if you play four card majors partner usually has five car sin the suit for a one Spade opening. Therefore we prefer a raise to two Spades Over a on no Trump response the former is More encouraging and we have a maximum in support. Q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 4765 9q5 oj762 48763the bidding has proceeded West North East south10 dbl pass ? what action do you take? two things you can t do is pass you need to add the a a to your Diamond holding for that or bid one no Trump which Promise some 7-10 Points. We know some players who would bid one Spade but partner has asked for our Long est suit and we would duly respond with two clubs. Q. Both vulnerable As South you hold 4ak85 v aq3 95 4kqj8the bidding has proceeded South West North cast1 puss i i ass what do you bid now jump to three Spades would be invitational not forcing. Since your hand is Worth 20 Points in sup port of Spades you should have reasonable play for game even i partner has a Rock Bottom mini mum. So leap to four Spades. A. Both vulnerable As South you hold 463 9aq1063 072 4aq98the bidding has proceeded South til North East 1 9 pass 1 4 pass2 pass 2 0 pass what do you bid now s bid is forcing Sodon t even consider passing. The Only two bids that come into consideration Are two no Trump and two hearts. Since a Lead through you suits won t prove fatal we prefer two hearts leaving partner the option of bidding no Trump if that s where the hand belongs. Class act Jasper seat in Seh third Back from the front and the to. To i a 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 45 m e t a l e t a l till in Smo 3.1 its a Metal tester four live letter words thai interact with the word Metal Are required to Complete the word Square above. See How quickly you can find the words. Definitions Are As follows 1. Iron or tin Lor example already shown. 2. Rub Oul 3. Try a bite. 4. Roads de Flower. 5. Dirty looks. Remember a word Square consists of a group of words that read the same both horizon tally and vertically. Time limit not More than two minutes tops. Ta�1 s a i c 3 z own i held Over i above. Add to 3yellow. 4l can you Trust Youh eyes there Are at least sin differences in drawing details Between lop and Bottom panels. How quickly can you find them Check answers with those below. Iaun Mio � Luau in ii hip n s be Butki i is Oieu to pos is of amps z Bui Wuu i know pig to spell score 10 Poi letters in the two Complete Bre then score words of fou found among try to score Pmj a a Kab pm l my bbl jmj Kew Pitt vat a a v b Van pvt today s crypt pulp clue n equals o
